A Dallas man says he’s received death threats since being incorrectly identified as a suspect in the fatal shooting of police officers.
Mark Hughes had been attending a protest against recent acts of police brutality when snipers opened fire on officers there. The Dallas police department then tweeted this image (HuffPost):
This is one of our suspects. Please help us find him! pic.twitter.com/Na5T8ZxSz6
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 8, 2016
Five police officers wee killed during the protest inD Dallas Thursday night.
Here’s what wrongfully and senselessly or racially implicated Mark Hughes had to say:
Man wrongly labeled as person of interest in #dallaspoliceshooting “I can’t believe it.I can’t believe it.” Via KTVT pic.twitter.com/n37cY7h9hk
— Dr. Seema Yasmin (@DoctorYasmin) July 8, 2016
Once again, right in the middle of a #BlackLivesMatter protest it appears another black man’s life did not matter simply because he was black and for no other reason?